Unit 1 Study guide
Across
- 4. the reason the act is being performed;the intened outcome of the moral act
- 7. a metaphysical position that holds ideas to be the most fundamentally real aspect of reality
- 11. a metaphysical position that holds physical matter to be the most fundamentally real aspect of reality
- 12. the position that holds that there are no obejective or universal moral truths to govern our morality
- 15. One's value system
- 18. the pertinent background information that provides the context for the meaning of the moral act
- 19. the act itself; the actually action being performed
Down
- 1. the position that holds that there are objective and universal moral truths that can govern our morality
- 2. an epistemological position that holds that true and valid human knowledge comes from the five sense perceptions
- 3. A field of study whose chief aim is to arrive upon rules or laws
- 5. the study of human nature. It seeks to understand universal aspects of human nature that define who we are as creatures.
- 6. an epistemological position that holds that true and valid knowledge comes from the human mind's ability to grasp ideas and concepts
- 8. the position that holds that all events, including human action, are dictated by and predicted from the laws of nature
- 9. The study of the fundamental characteristics of reality
- 10. the study of human knowledge. It asks what and how humans can know
- 13. comes from Greek root words meaning "love" and "wisdom"
- 14. the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act and so to perform deliberate actions on one's responsibility
- 16. a metaphysical position that attempts to combine and connect materialism and idealism into one coherent view of reality
- 17. Critical reflection upon one's value system